The temple is also called Vagulagiri Kshetram and the presiding deity is Sri Venkatachalapathy. The temple is on a small hill and is visible from the main road itself that goes to Tiruchendur. When King Subakandan was praying to Lord Venkateswara in Tirupati to relieve him of the untolerable pain he was suffering in the neck, the Lord is believed to have come in his dream and advised him to built a sandalwood chariot with good quality sandalwood from the nearby forest. The Lord told him that he would prevail in the two sticks that would remain. So, the lord here is in the form of two sandal sticks close to each other. The King was told to take the sticks to Karungulam and place them on the hill appropriately for permanent cure to his disease. The king according placed the sticks besides the existing Srinivasa temple and started worshipping the same. So there are two temples besides each other on this hill.

This beautiful temple is very close to Tirunelveli and has some really good sculptures and carving on the pillars. The presiding deity is Venkateswara as in Tirumala and the thayars are Alarmel mangai and Padmavathi. There are seperate sannadhis for both the thayars in the praharam.

How to reach

The temple is just around 10-12 kms from Tirunelveli enroute to Tiruchendur. Lot of buses are available from Tirunelveli junction bus stand. Buses towards Alwar tirunagari, Srivaikuntam, Karunkulam pass by Krishnapuram. A big arch has been constructed on the main road and the temple is just a few mtrs away. It can be easily located from the Tiruchendur main road.

Sannadhis

Venkateswara with Sridevi and Bhoomidevi

Alarmelmangai thayar

Padmavathi thayar

Sannadhi garudan

Alwars and acharyas

Specialty of the temple

The beautiful carvings and statues in the temple pillars.

Temple timings

The temple is open from 7 am to 11.30 am in the mornings and from 5.30 pm to 8 pm in the evenings.

This beautiful temple is built by the owner of the famous hotel chain Saravana bhavan in their native place. The temple is getting popular among tourists going to Tiruchendur temple and the nearby Vaishnava Nava tirupathi temples. The temple is very neatly maintained with sannadhis of many popular deities and beautiful paintings of religious importance on the walls. There are two entrances -one of Srinivasar and another of Adinarayana perumal. The Lord looks stunning and one can have peaceful darshan without much crowd.

How to reach

The temple is about 45 kms from Tirunelveli and around 20 kms from Tiruchendur. The nearest railway station is Kurumbur on the Tiruchendur route.

Sannadhis

Srinivasar

Raja Ganapathi

Anjaneya

Chakratalwar / Narasimhar

Padmavathi thayar

Andal

Vadapalani andavar

Rajagopala swami

Dakshina moorthy

Guruvayoorappan

Brahma

Vishnu durgai

Tirutani murugan

Garudan

Adinarayana

Several village dieties

Specialty of the temple

The Lord has lot of resemblance to Srinivasar of Tirumala and one can have peaceful darshan as long as one feels.

The ladoo prasadam given free to everyone also would remind one of Tirupati ladoo prasadam.

This temple is right in the center of the city and in the most popular shopping place of Chennai. The sannadhis of both Shiva and Vishnu are present in the same temple. Also there are sannadhis for various other gods belonging to Vaishnavism and Shaivism. The Kumbabhishekam of the temple took place recently.

How to reach

The temple is a minute's walk from the Tnagar bus stand on Usman road. Almost all the parts of the city are connected by bus services to the most happening and busy shopping area of Tnagar. By train, Mambalam station on the Beach-Tambaram route is the nearest.

Sannadhis

Vishnu temple sannadhis ---

Srinivasa perumal

Mahalakshmi thayar

Anjaneya

Ramar

Lakshmi Narasimhar, Tumbikai alwar and Krishna in the praharam

Siva temple sannadhis ---

Subramanya swamy with Valli, Devanai

Siddhi buddhi vinayagar

Natarajar

Parvathi amman

Kedarishwarar

Dakshinamoorthy

Sandikesevar

Nagar and sthala vruksha on a seperate platform

Durgai

Kasi Vishwanathar

Varasiddhi vinayagar

Navagraha

Bhairavar

Specialty of the temple

The striking feature is the presence of both Shiva and Vishnu sannadhis in the same temple complex.

Devotees can perform pooja to Kasi Vishwanathar themselves like in the temples of North India.

Temple timings

The temple is open from 6 am to 11 am in the mornings and from 5 pm to 9 pm in the evenings.

The temple right in the center of the city is a blessing for those who wish to pray to Lord Balaji and are not able to visit Thirumala for any reason. The Lord here looks so beautiful that you would want to stay here for as long as possible. Srinivasa perumal gives darshan with thayar here and utsavar moorthis. There is a counter for booking tickets for darshan at Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh.

How to reach

The temple is on Venkatnarayana road, close to Panagal park in Tnagar.

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